- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when a new computer system designed to contain a common data set on estate performance across all NHS bodies will be in place.
Answer
The system is currently in procurement and a preferred supplier is to be selected by the end of May 2009. A detailed implementation and roll out plan is currently in development.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is using the experience of school estate management to inform estate management in the NHS.
Answer
The asset management policy and supporting guidance being developed for NHSScotland draws on guidance and experience from across a range of sectors including schools guidance with the aim of establishing a best practice framework within which NHSScotland bodies can operate.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were associated with the production of the A77 Maybole Transport Study - Design Manual for Roads and Bridges - Stage 2 Report.
Answer
The costs associated with the production of the A77 Maybole Transport Study “ DMRB Stage 2 Report were £605,092.21.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13230 by Rhona Brankin on 3 June 2008, what action it has taken to ensure that school pupils receive two hours of physical education each week.
Answer
Within Curriculum for Excellence, provision of two hours quality physical education for each child every week is a key element of the health and wellbeing experiences and outcomes which are being finalised for publication later in the year. The experiences and outcomes are being revised to reflect feedback obtained via online questionnaires, school trialling, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events and focus groups. The Health and Wellbeing area within Curriculum for Excellence explicitly reflects our commitment to two hours quality PE for each child every week. Schools will begin to introduce the new curriculum from August this year with full implementation by August 2010.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Life Begins health checks for people over 40 have been performed in 2008-09, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
We are currently developing our proposals for Life Begins health checks, which are likely to involve telephone and web-based self assessment and follow up support for those people who identify themselves as being at higher risk. We will make a detailed announcement in due course.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend the use of average speed cameras on the A77 to include the sections south of Girvan not currently covered.
Answer
There are currently no plans to extend average speed cameras on the A77. The potential to introduce more average speed cameras on the Scottish trunk road network to reduce casualties will be informed by an assessment of the accident data for the A77 average speed camera system.
The three year after accident data was published on the A77 Safety Group website on 30 October 2008. These figures are now being fully assessed and are due to be reported on by 31 March 2009. The findings will be published on the website, www.a77safetygroup.com, shortly thereafter.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans for engineering works on the A77 south of Ayr.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20236 on 9 February 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16656 by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008, whether further engineering works are planned to improve the safety of the A77 in south Ayrshire.
Answer
Yes, the following engineering schemes are within the current Transport Scotland programme:
| Ardwell to Slockenray | Overtaking opportunity (WS2+1) |
| Drummuckloch to Innermessan | Overtaking opportunity (WS2+1) |
| Parkend to Bennane | Overtaking opportunity (WS2+1) |
| Burnside Improvements | Carriageway re-alignment |
| Symington and Bogend Toll | Central Reservation Gaps and Grade Separation |
The recently published Strategic Transport Projects Review recognised the importance of A77 and has recommended upgrading the A77 from single to dual carriageway around Ayr, grade separation of key junctions and enhancements south of Ayr.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many physiotherapists are employed in the NHS and how many were employed in May 2000 and May 2007.
Answer
The information requested is not centrally available. Information on staff in post is collected as at 30 September each year. The following table shows the head count and whole-time equivalent (WTE) of physiotherapists employed in NHSScotland as at 30 September for the years 2000, 2007 and 2008. WTE adjusts head count to take account of part-time working.
Head Count and Whole-Time Equivalent of physiotherapists* employed by NHSScotland as at 30 September 2000, 2007, and 2008
| > | 2000 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Head count | 2,488 | 3,188 | 3,306 |
| WTE | 1,974.0 | 2,527.4 | 2,631.7 |
Source: ISD Scotland “IR2009-000226.
Note: *In January 2008 the workforce information published by ISD was changed to reflect the introduction of Agenda for Change. As such the figure provided for the year 2000 is for all physiotherapists and physiotherapists assistants under the old Whitley Council system. The figures for years 2007 and 2008 are for the Agenda for Change Physiotherapy job sub family. The two sets of figures are broadly comparable however please note that the Agenda for Change category includes Technical instructor staff that in previous years were shown separately.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the commitment to deliver an additional 10,000 respite weeks for carers by 2010-11.
Answer
We have agreed with COSLA that local authorities will provide an additional 2,000 respite weeks in 2008-09, an additional 6,000 weeks in 2009-10 and an additional 10,000 weeks in 2010-11. These additional weeks will be measured using the baseline of Audit Scotland''s Statutory Performance Indicators figures on respite in 2007-08.
The Scottish Government provided £4million to local authorities, in addition to the resources set out in the local government settlement, to enable them to deliver this commitment.
We have agreed with COSLA that they will monitor the delivery of the additional respite weeks and will report to the Scottish Government with total Scotland-wide figures.
The Audit Scotland Performance Indicator figures showing the baseline for each local authority for 2007-08 were published in December 2008. COSLA officials are liaising with local authorities regarding the arrangements for collecting information to monitor the delivery of the commitment.
